Number
120428
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, KOVAC, MURPHY AND ZIELINSKI
Title
Resolution directing City departments to assist and support efforts to establish and maintain bicycle facilities including bike-sharing programs and installations.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Commissioner of Public Works and the Commissioner of City Development to collaborate with appropriate community and business organizations, including Midwest Bikeshare, Inc., in the implementation of a bike-sharing program with a projected start-up date in the spring of 2013.
The resolution directs the Commissioners to develop criteria for placement of bike-sharing installations and to pursue the participation and cooperation of developers, property owners, businesses, business improvement districts and others to incorporate bike-sharing into the downtown business district and all possible neighborhoods.
The resolution also directs the Commissioners, with the cooperation of all other departments, to identify funding for bike-sharing installations and operations including grants and other revenue streams.
The resolution finally directs the Commissioners to provide an initial report to the Common Council on or before November 8, 2012, that includes information about planning and implementation and recommendations for any necessary legislation.
Body
Whereas, Common Council Resolution File Number 100558, adopted September 21, 2010, approved the 2010 Bicycle Master Plan and Vision for 2020 entitled “Milwaukee by Bike”; and
Whereas, The Common Council has found that bicycling provides health benefits to City residents and contributes to an improved environment by reducing consumption of gasoline and other pollutants; and
Whereas, The Common Council further finds that transportation options including bicycling contribute to the sustainability and the economic and social development of neighborhoods; and
Whereas, More than 20 large cities in the United States -...
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